Strike hard, strike sure … and strike together?
Strike hard, strike sure … and strike together?
This chapter showsthe extreme vulnerability of Britain under this unequal partnership to be compensated for by the bringing together of American and British nuclear forces. This was not easily achieved, and USAF officers led the process of drawing the RAF and its strike force into a collaborative arrangement. National sensitivities had to be dealt with in devising arrangements for co-ordinated targeting and strike planning. By the end of the period under review, the two forces were effectively integrated for planning and operational purposes. These arrangements came close to being tested in the Cuba missile crisis. Thereafter, USAF strategic forces now began to withdraw from Britain as the forward bases no longer served a purpose in the age of long range bombing and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Keywords: Joint Strike, Bomber Command, Targeting, Cuba Missile Crisis
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